Xenon

The film Xenon is a poignant political allegory based on a performance art opera by artist Mikhail Karikis. Using the original score and performers, Karikis and the artist/filmmaker David Bickerstaff come together in a collaboration to produce a cinematic experience melding experimental film, performance art and contemporary opera.

The unusual absence of a colleague triggers reactions in seven workers in an austere office. Yearning to overcome their oppressive routine, each character enters a psychic space to battle with censorship, aspirations and failure. Haunted by a wandering zombie and a blistering figure in the basement, the dystopian workplace is contrasted with sequences of reverie where each character searches for her/his voice, freedom of speech, dignity and human rights.

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